Posts Tagged ‘Rustans’
Estee Lauder Holiday Spectacular
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Last week, Estee Lauder launched its limited collection of solid perfume compact during the Estee Lauder Holiday Spectacular event held at The Gallerie, Rustan’s Makati. Filipino designer Inno Sotto owns The Gallerie, a level dedicated to fashion, particularly his own personal collection. The venue was laced with everything that is beautiful including a red carpet in the midst of the displays.
Estee Lauder first introduced its solid fragrance compact in 1963 with the release of the Youth-Dew Boutique Oval. This year’s collection shows that their fragrance trinkets only get better one collection after the other. Designs weaved vary from special holiday-themed items such as candy cane and striped lollipops to animal figures such as penguin, spider, dove –all fabricated in distinctiveness and glamour. Some of the compacts were even designed by famous jewelry designer, Jay Strongwater.
The collection is touring different countries and will return to its home in New York once the circuit is completed. The roving exhibition is not only a showcase of the intricate solid perfume ornaments, but some are issued as auction items to benefit the Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation.
The fragrances are speckled from the familiar Estee Lauder brands –my favorite of which, Pleasures. Some of the elaborate compacts are available for as low as PHP7,000, that can stand as a perfect holiday gift.
Celebrity spotting at the event includes Priscilla Meirelles, Cory Quirino, and Diether Ocampo.
Estee Lauder Holiday Spectacular
Friday, November 7th, 2008Hong Kong Day 1
Friday, June 13th, 2008My youngest sister, Joanne, won a raffle in one of those Chinese gatherings. The prize was a roundtrip airfare to Hong Kong via Philippine Airlines. She gave it to me since she just took a trip to HK (and I was left behind… boo-hoo!) The time they went to Hong Kong was my trip to Malaysia with Bubba. Too bad that I wasn’t able to go with them, but I guess good karma finds its way and now my missed HK trip got around the bend.
At the airport, we went to counter B13 for our airport transfer to the hotel via shuttle. Unfortunately, the shuttle can’t bring us to the hotel since some of the roads are blocked. Panic in the disco room. We have to take the MTR.
After staring at the map for the longest time and debating which stop to take, Bubba finally followed my lead of getting off at Kowloon stop. Hahaha, I really have to mention that, don’t I? Instead of MTR, we decided to use the Airport Express Train. We got our tickets at the Customer Service booth for 70 HKD per head. At Kowloon, a cab took us to our hotel, YMCA International. The cab fare was 30 HKD plus an additional 11 HKD for I don’t know what (I think there’s an extra 5 HKD for each luggage, but who knows why it’s 11). We made the reservation at YMCA online about a month ago. Check-in time is at 2pm but when we got there at 11am, they said they can have the room ready by an hour. We walked a few blocks and checked out some stores within the area. We decided to have lunch at Yoshinoya (yea, yea how boring) since we were so famished and we didn’t want to test anything first.
After 1 hr and 15 mins, we returned to the hotel to find out that they upgraded us to a suite at no extra charge! Sweet! We went to our room and settled first. Bubba brought bug spray for the bed sheets (I was just discussing it with him 2 weeks ago that with all of our travels, it’s best that we bring bed bug spray? It’s always safe to be preventive! Sigh, isn’t he so dependable?) We took an afternoon nappy since we were up so early. At 4pm, we were headed to the electronics haven via the MTR. The rain was on and off. At 6pm, we headed to Tung Chung Station to check out the mall there that was like a factory outlet. Adidas, Nike, Ralph Lauren, Segue, Armani Exchange, Calvin Klein are some of the stores distributed within the 5 levels of the mall. I stopped by Roxy and stayed for an hour. I didn’t go to Hong Kong with shopping as the end in mind. I came out buying 6 items since the board shorts cost only PHP 1,200! Cheap! I bought two board shorts and some shirts. I bought one tank top for Jaymie. I hope she likes pink as much as I do *cross fingers* I ended up spending PHP 6,000++ for the 6 items, which rounds it to about 1K per item. Not. Bad. At. All! Although I still have several parfums, I decided to buy another bottle of Kenzo. I only buy my perfumes either abroad or at Rustan’s –safest place to get an original.
At 930pm, we finally agreed to have dinner at the food arena inside the mall. Bubba ordered duck and assorted meat, while I got a curry seafood bowl. Be careful in ordering iced tea because it tastes just like hot tea (bitter/herbal) but cold. We instantly remembered that the MTR might be closing soon, so we hurried to the station.
To be continued… Hong Kong Day 2
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Look Radiant with a Free Trial Make-up
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Oh goody! My Lancome Hypnose mascara has almost dried out. I have to get a new one. But let me try some new products first before I get hypnotized to buying Lancome, which I absolutely love by the way!
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While you are at it, there’s also free trial make-up from Yves Saint Laurent these Saturdays of June!
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My Make-up Kit
Monday, December 17th, 2007My face was a nudist back in college. I was really a late bloomer when it came to make-up and beauty products because I felt it takes too much time and effort to do so… and being a tomboy that I was in high school, I was not able to utilize that period of my life to practice.
In La Salle, the make-up that I only had in my bag were face powder and lip tint, which I rarely used. I started putting make-up on when I started at Sabiclub Corp.
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I got Hydra Complete face cream along with it, which is a multi-level moisture gel cream. This is perfect for my dry skin. The powder doesnt cake when I apply Hydrate before putting on the powder.
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With all my new buys, I didn’t want to use my old worn-out Nine West cotton poochie. When I got home that night, I was so happy to find in one of the boxes I have not used, a Tommy Hilfiger make-up pouch. It was a freebie from a Tommy Hilfiger box that contained a perfume and a hand lotion. Lucky me! I remember when I first saw the pouch that I didn’t like it because it was yellow with red detail. Now, I love it! (Thanks Ninang Mary!) and it’s the perfect shelter for my new cosmetic items.


